HN Follow
Consumer and social
hacker news client
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
4 positive, 6 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 2 critical, out of 13 comments about the project. Thread score +0.14.
Privacy: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple to set up and pleasant to use
From 1 comment
It is indeed simple to setup in a pleasant way, but there are plenty of trolls out there. Kudos nonetheless!
KhalilK on HN
Feels like something HN should already have
From 2 comments
I honestly don't know why this isn't already built into HN.
porter on HNI don't think it's random at all. From a would-be user's perspective it makes complete sense to me that this post took off and yours didn't get too far. I want to explain why,…
austenallred on HN
Objections
Anyone can edit any profile without authentication
From 2 comments
Well, all it takes is to add &edit=true to anyone's follow page...
KhalilK on HNOr just click the "Edit" button. I think it's intended (avoiding the need for some kind of auth).
seszett on HN
Following users would turn HN into a popularity contest
From 2 comments
Because it would undermine HN's goal that we vote for and comment on content on its own merits, not whether it was posted or commented on by someone you like. I don't think HN is…
eevilspock on HNAs I was building my "follow" chrome extension... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn2go/logdfcelflpgcbfebibbeajmhpofckjh (shameless plug) ... I definitely wondered…
fivedogit on HN
Requests
Lock profiles so only the owner can edit them
From 1 comment
Thank you! Seems like enough people have expressed concern about the ability to edit any profile. I'll add something simple to lock a profile down soon.
film42 on HN
Verify users via a code placed in their HN profile
From 3 comments
You should verify users by giving them a code they have to put in a comment somewhere.
3rd3 on HNProbably in their HN profile would make the most sense.
austenallred on HNThat’s a much better idea. It wouldn’t even require storing credentials since the profile page can be updated pretty quickly.
3rd3 on HN
Questions
Is there an open-source HN clone for a small group?
From 1 comment
Is there a current open-source version of HN that one could use to create a small HN for a group of friends? How close of a clone to HN could one create using Wordpress?
RRWagner on HN
Alternatives named
HNWatcher
From 1 comment
I have been using HNWatcher for this - I especially appreciate the emails it sends. I'll take a look. Thanks for sharing!
nickstinemates on HN
HN2Go Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Same here. Finished it a couple of days ago. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn2go/logdfcelflpgcbfebibbeajmhpofckjh https://github.com/fivedogit/hn2go-backend…
fivedogit on HN
follow-hn Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Cool! I've been working on a little Chrome extension that does something similar (and has a quite similar name ;) ): https://github.com/napoleond/follow-hn Have been meaning to…
napoleond on HN